The UN released its new report on child poverty and the US doesn’t fare well: 2nd from the bottom, trailed only by Romania. How can this be? After all, we are the world’s wealthiest country. The report breaks out government […]
Wealth for the Common Good founder Chuck Collins recently did a TED Talk on ‘Taxing the Wealthy’ which has just been published.
In 2010, an essential moral test of a public policy choice is: Does it further concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few? Or does it disperse concentrated wealth and power and strengthen possibilities for a democratic society […]
When I consider my generation’s legacy, I would like us to leave our children a healthy society with ample economic opportunity and not burdened by crushing levels of public debt. I believe a robust estate tax to help pay the […]
Why one wealthy American wants the Bush tax cuts to expire and the estate tax to be reinstated. In the coming months, Congress will be decide the future of the federal estate tax and whether or not to continue substantial […]
A century ago this summer, Theodore Roosevelt gave his remarkable “New Nationalism” speech about the dangers of concentrated wealth and corporate power. After witnessing a decade of financial corruption and corporate malfeasance, Roosevelt called on the nation to “effectively control […]
When Congress passed a law that eliminated the estate tax for people who die this calendar year — with plans to bring it back with a vengeance in 2011 — the joke among estate planners was that 2010 might go […]
by Chuck Collins & Sam Pizzigati
Originally published on HuffingtonPost.com, June 2, 2010
How can a civilized nation afford to hand the heirs of the super-rich billions of dollars tax-free and not afford to keep teachers in classrooms? […]